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UNrrnn AES JOHN MACLURE, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELFSAML. EfTOMPKINS, AND S. C. NOR'IHRUP, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR. COVERING SADDLETREES.

Speccation of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN MACLURE, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful l Machine for Covering Seats of Saddletrees; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a longitudinal vertical section of my invention taken in the line w, Fig. 3. Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of ditto, taken in the line y, y, Fig. 3. Fig. 8, a plan or top view of dit-to. Fig. 4l, is a vertical central sect-ion of a saddle tree with its seat covered. Fig. 5, is a detached inverted perspective view of the cover of a seat. Fig. 6, is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 7, is a detached perspective view of a seat. Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views of saddle trees showing the old method of covering the seats.

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Thev object of this invention is to facilitate and expedite the covering of the seats of saddle trees, work which has hitherto been done manually at an expenditure of time and labor that involved considerable expense, requiring skilful and tasty workmen to perform even passably good work.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its operation and construction.

A, represents a bed piece, in or to which a metal box B, is attached. This box may be of semi-cylindrical or approximate form, and a recess C, is formed in it over which a cushion D, is secured by plates a, a. This cushion is of india-rubber or other suitable elastic material.

Within the recess O, at its upper part, there are two sliding bars E, E, one at each side of the recess, and directly underneath the cushion D, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. These sliding bars E, E, work on horizontal bearing surfaces b, Z9, in the recess O, and they are operated by screws F, F, which pass horizontally through the box B, work in female screws therein and have their inner ends attached to the bars E, as shown at o.

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G, is a lever the fulcrum pin d, of which passes through a standard H, on the bedpiece A. Through the outer end of this lever Gr, a screw I, passes, the lower end of which is fitted in a step c. The inner end of the lever projects over the cushion D.

The operation is as follows The seat J, Fig. 7, is detached from the tree K, see Figs. 4L, 8 and 9, and the cover L, Fig. 5, is made to suit the seat J the parts forming the cover being cut out and sewed together previous to using the machine. The seat J, is then placed within the cover L, the latter being moistened, and the seat is placed in an inverted position on the cushion D. The inner end of the lever G, is then, by operating screw I, forced down on the seat J, and the latter is pressed down within the cushion D, which, owing to its elasticity, stretches the cover L, snugly over the seat J, the seat J, being forced down until such result is attained. When the cover L, is perfectly fitted or stretched over the seat J, the operator by turning the screws F, F, moves the bars E, E, toward each other and the upper edges of the cover L, are folded over the sides of the bottom of the seat J, and a metal plate or clamp K, is screwed to the bottom of the seat to retain the edges of the cover L. The lever G, is then, by actuating the screw I, raised at its inner end and the covered seat removed, the plate or clamp K', remaining attached to the seat until the cover L, is dry, when the plate or clamp K, is removed and the seat attached to the tree by the screw f, as usual-See Fig. 4.

By this invention the tedious hand operation is entirely dispensed with, and the covers L, may be fitted more perfectly to the seats than by the old mode of covering, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, in which it will be seen that the cover L', is stretched over the seat and then tucked around its edges the back piece g, of the cantle being afterward sewed on by removing the back tacks when thel cover L, is dry. This is a very tedious operation and a cover canno-t be fitted so snugly to the seat as by the employment of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to sceure by Letters Patent, is,

l. The employment of an elastic bed or lever G, as and for the purpose herein shoivn cushion D, in combination with the cover and described. and seat J, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described. JOHN MACLURE 5 2. The arrangement and combination of Witnesses:

the box B, adjustable sliding bars E, elastic WM. TUsoH, f cushion D, seat J, clamp K, and pressing R. S. SPENCER. 

